Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre
Austin Health, Australia

Farshad is a Consultant Radiation Oncologist with a particular interest in urooncology, breast cancer and palliative radiotherapy. Farshad has over 20 years of experience at a consultant level.

Before commencement as Director of Radiation Oncology at Austin Health, Farshad was the Chair of the Uro-Oncology Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Farshad has over 170 peer-reviewed publications, the majority as a first or senior author.

In 2015, Farshad commenced as Director of Radiation Oncology at Austin Health covering Radiation Oncology both at the Olivia Newton-John Centre and Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre. He is the past President of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group.

Under his leadership, an MR Simulator and MR Linear Accelerator were installed in his department in 2020-1. His main clinical sites are breast cancer, uro-oncology and palliative radiotherapy. Farshad maintains a focus on patient care, multi-disciplinary care and new technology implementation.